Fishing with Matt, Dan, and Adam...8/8/2026

The rain that was forecast for the morning hours stayed to the south, so there was no rain up here on the shore of the lake. My back deck was dry when the dogs and I went out for our routine forecast check.

The sky was partly cloudy, the air temp was 70 degrees with 85% humidity, and the wind was light out of the SW. The wind forecast was calling for 10-20 out of the SW later in the morning. The wind forecast for the Huron Vermilion area was for the same but more SSE than SW. The plan was to launch out of Huron.

I decided to use up some of neighbor Jerry's zucchini and whip up a batch of chocolate zucchini muffins for my guys this morning, since I had a couple of hours before I had to head out. They turned out really yummy.

My guys were staying at an Airbnb, so we met at the Walmart here in town at 5 a.m. so we could ride together over to Huron. RT 6 East exit is still closed even though it's been 60 days (today), and their sign says it would be closed from June 8th "for 60 days"....so, it shouldn't be long.

Take note, though, that coming home, I couldn't get back on RT 2 from RT 6 West, and had to take a longer route back to Milan Rd to get back onto Rt 2....so, expect that little inconvenience if you go to Huron.

After they jumped in the truck, we hit Hi-Way Bait, because I had left my nightcrawlers at home, and wanted to have some in the boat in case we needed them, so I had to buy more. When we got there, there was a long line of fishermen waiting on minnows that hadn't arrived yet. I went in the side door and grabbed some crawlers, so we could get back on the road.

I got in the truck and remembered I hadn't gotten any ice yet, so we would need to stop at a gas station, too....deep sigh. I forget stuff when my routine gets interrupted, apparently. lol

We made it to Huron by 5:40 and were headed down the river by 6 a.m. Sunrise would be at 6:34. My plan was to start inside near Old Woman Creek and head NNE from there. There were good marks in the area, so we started there. The wind would be picking up in a little while.

The water was 26' deep there, so the dipsey leads weren't going to be very long. The zero settings were set at 20 on the port side, and 25 on the starboard side.
The three settings were set at 40 on the port side and 50 on the starboard side.
A mixture of Yeck, BadMo, and Scorpion Stinger spoons was used.

The FishHawk speed was 2.5mph with the Ulterra on power level 5 and the Baby Merc pushing us along from behind and being dialed in with the iTroll.

Bill Lewis PWCs with 2oz snap-weights started out on the starboard side behind the Off Shore boards, and a new Walleye X bait called the "Paladin" was set on the port side. There isn't any data in the "Precision Trolling Data" app for that one or the "Halieou" (another new Walleye x bait), but Justin Seiverding sent me a pic of a handwritten note stating the Paladin will dive 11' with 25' of line out, 16' at 50 back, 20' at 75 back, and 22' at 100 back.
The "Halieou" will go 12' at 25 back, 18' at 50 back, 22' at 75 back, and 25' at 100 back.
So, the "Paladins" were set at 70, 50, and 25 back to start.

As we got out over deeper water, the leads were changed to 100, 75, and 50 back.

The PWCs were set at 50/25, 50/15, and 50/13 to start and would be changed up to run one of the "Halieou" lures on the outside at 100 back, and a couple of Bandits on the two inside boards. The Halieou caught one fish, but it was just under, so it went back. The cranks just were not working this morning. The dipsies did most of the work, but it was a continual removal of itty-bitty walleyes from 4-10 inches long that were just hanging on.

We did manage to get 10 nice eaters in the cooler by the end of the trip though, and the guys were happy with that. They had fished with Capt Pete Scheid yesterday, and got 17 casting for them. They are going out with Capt Pete again tomorrow, so they will have some more walleye to go in the freezer, I'm sure.

I did try using a crawler on a worm-burner, but it never got touched, so I didn't bother with changing out all the cranks for harnesses. I just wasn't feeling it, and you all know how much I like using crawlers. lol

We fished from Huron up to the inside Vermilion Dumping grounds, and covered water from 26' to 42'.

Matt has fished with me previously, and brought Dan and Adam along this time. Dan is an avid fisherman, and is obviously a bass angler, because he had no balance issues when standing on the Livewell to do stuff. Not that I like people up there, but he seemed right at home up there, so I let him.
Adam has been fishing before, but he's not an avid angler. He did really well though, and learned how to set the dipsies well enough that I didn't have to keep watch the entire time. All did great, and it was a lot of fun for me, because they all had a positive attitude and there was no pressure put on me to make sure we got limits. It was just a fun morning, and I look forward to Matt coming again next August...who he brings changes. :)

Matt owns a restaurant called "Spanky's Sports Bar and Grill", and is known for the best pizza in Racine, WI. One of these times, I want to try it when I'm headed home for Christmas.

I'm off tomorrow, so I'm going fun fishing with my neighbors and our friend, Keith. We'll be using Keith's boat to go perch'n. I get to just be a passenger for the morning. Yay!

My next trip is a perch trip on Monday, so we will actually be scouting for that trip tomorrow.

Stay tuned...

Capt Juls